Joe Melugin is an experienced attorney, bringing years of experience to the firm. His skill in personal injury law makes him an exciting addition to Williams Hart & Boundas, LLP. He primarily focuses his practice on catastrophic injuries, product defects, oilfield injuries, maritime injuries, and federal civil rights law.
While Joe has significant experience across a variety of practice areas, he is particularly passionate about representing injured workers and is more than willing to stand up to large corporations to help injured workers and their families receive the compensation they are owed when things go wrong. He knows that when people come to him seeking representation, the last thing they need is to be overwhelmed by the complexities of the legal world, so he tailors his work to his clients’ specific needs to make the process as smooth as possible for them.
Educational Background
- University of Houston Law Center, Juris Doctor, 2007
- Order of the Barristers
- John Black First-Year Moot Court Competition Champion
- Judge Shearn Smith Scholarship Award
- University of Tennessee – Knoxville, Bachelor of Science in Logistics / Transportation
Professional Associations
Bar Admissions
- Texas, 2007
- Missouri, 2009
- Illinois, 2010
- California, 2011
- Colorado, 2021
Courts Admitted
- Texas State Courts
- Missouri State Courts
- Illinois State Courts
- California State Courts
- Colorado State Courts
- Pennsylvania State Courts
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
- United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- United States District Court for the Northern District of California
- United States District Court for the Central District of California
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Awards
Practice Areas Focus
- Personal Injury
- Catastrophic Injuries
- Product Defects
- Oilfield Injuries
- Maritime Injuries
- Federal Civil Rights Law
Case Victories / Representative Matters
- Confidential Settlement for family of worker killed in Dimmit County oil field incident
- Confidential Settlement for injured hospital patient who required round-the-clock care after an incident caused anoxic brain injury
- Confidential Settlement with hospital on behalf of patient tasered and shot by hospital security in his hospital room
- Confidential Settlement for surviving family of fatal hit-and-run car crash victim
- Confidential Settlement for surviving family of woman who died from undiagnosed peripartum cardiomyopathy
- Confidential Settlement for substance use treatment facility patient who was sexually assaulted by a facility counselor
- $902,500 Settlement with City of Houston for Alan Pean, a hospital patient tasered and shot in his hospital room by police officers working as hospital security. Reported at the time as “one of the highest settlement amounts in the city’s recent history.”
- $260,000 Settlement with City of Houston for father of Kenny Releford, a man shot and killed by police in 2012. Reported at the time as “the largest settlement in at least seven years in a case involving an unarmed man shot or killed by HPD officers.”
Publications
- Tommy Fibich; Joe Melugin, Why Section 82.007, in Light of Wyeth v. Levine, Prevents Texans from Holding Drugmakers to FDA Standards, Texas Bar Journal, no. 5 (May 2009): 361-365